7 Incognito Wearables You'd Never Guess Were Gadgets

Incognito Wearables You'd Never Guess Were Gadgets

These wireless in-ear headphones will not only put an end to your tangled wire woes, they'll also measure your heart rate, body temperature, speed, number of steps and number of calories burned. Oh, and they play music pretty well, too.

Set for a fall 2014 release, Cuffs are wearable GPS bracelets that, when connected to other devices worn by loved ones, will vibrate when the wearer presses a button. The device is being marketed as a tool for both emergency situations and simple attention grabbing.

Cuff's appearance makes it unnoticeable as a smart device, instead looking like fashionable jewelry. You don't need to replace any batteries, and the device will launch with compatible apps for both iOS and Android.

Basically a more minimal version of that glove in Minority Report, Ring packs a lot of computing power for something that fits on your finger. Using the device, you can control home appliances and apps through custom gestures, as well as write text by drawing letters in the air with your finger. The device looks like a normal ring and will likely go unrecognized by most admirers.

Ring's Kickstarter blew past it's $250,000 goal three times over and will begin shipping out devices to backers shortly.

Though this promotional video might not make it seem that way, the Digital Shirt by Cityzen Sciences is actually quite cool. Through the shirt's sensor-laced fabric connected to a bluetooth transmitter, your activity can be tracked while you move, and it's sent to your smartphone.

The material can be washed and ironed (though the transmitter must be removed first) and the creators claim it is no heavier than a regular t-shirt.

The company hasn't released a prototype yet, but they did talk about the exciting product at CES 2014.

Through an RFID chip, each of these socks connect to your smartphone through the BlackSocks app. After setup, your socks will forever be paired with only one other sock, helpful for the obsessive types who care about that sort of thing.

The app will also keep track of how many washes your socks have experienced, as well as how many they have left before they aren't so smart anymore. If you're into wearable tech, this is James Bond territory.

Why not get smart about baby poop? Once a day, these diapers will measure your baby's -- er -- data, working as a tracking system to test kidney function and hydration levels. They'll also alert parents to dangerous UTIs.

On its website, the creators state that they aren't looking to join the wearable trend, only unobtrusively measure and track the health of those who can't yet speak.

Smart Diapers are currently in development. You can track updates on the company's Indiegogo page.

Though only currently in development, Google is working on contact lenses that, through a small wireless chip, will test the wearer's tears for his or her glucose levels, helping to calculate blood sugar levels for diabetics.

In a company blog post, Google announced that its current prototypes could alert wearers to decreasing glucose levels, avoiding the painful daily finger pricking.

Image: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

The state of wearables seems to be divided into two contrasting design ideas: the visible and the subtle.

On one side, wearable tech is futuristic and cool, and the design of objects should reflect that. At the other end of the spectrum, "Glassholes" are very real, so subtlety is key.

For those of us slightly embarrassed by our more techie side, there are plenty of concealed wearables on the market and in production now. These devices give you all the lifelogging and data tracking abilities of their more visible peers, but aren't readily identifiable to the untrained eye.

Take a look through our gallery of hidden wearables, buy a pair of smart undies and go about your day without judgment, you freaky futurist, you.

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